Asbestos Verdict: Asbestos-Containing Cigarettes Yield $1.4M Award

“A San Francisco jury awarded March 3 nearly $1.4 million to a man who had smoked filter-tipped cigarettes that contained the cancer-causing material. The plaintiff, Don Lenney, now suffers from mesothelioma, an aggressive and invariably fatal form of cancer that is almost always caused by asbestos exposure,” reported Mesothelioma lawyers Cooney and Conway. It is important for consumers to know the dangers of asbestos, and the health-related complications that come with asbestos exposure.